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Tiberinus was the ninth king of Alba Longa, according to
the traditional history of the city handed down by Titus Livius. He was the successor (and probably
son) of Capetus, the eighth king of Alba Longa. The Alban kings
claimed descent from Aeneas, a
Trojan prince who brought a remnant of the Trojan populace to Italy
following the sack of Troy
(traditionally 1184 B.C.), and settled in Latium. Alba was built by Ascanius, the son of Aeneas and Lavinia, and founder of the
Alban royal line. The Alban kings, including Tiberinus, bore the
cognomenSilvius, after the son of Ascanius, who was said
to have been born in the woods.[1]

The only tradition specifically attached to Tiberinus is that he
was drowned while crossing the river then known as the
Albula, but which was ever after known to the Latins as the Tiberis. This ancient river
formed the boundary of Latium and Etruria, and the city of Rome was later founded on a group of seven hills
overlooking its banks. After his death, Tiberinus was revered as
the god of the river (see Tiberinus (god)). In the earliest days
of Rome, the cult of Tiberinus survived at the Volturnia, the
archaic festival of Volturnus, but no details are known.[2]

Tiberinus was succeeded by Agrippa, the tenth king of Alba
Longa, and probably his son. Amongst their descendants were Romulus and
Remus, the founders of Rome (traditionally 753 B.C.).[3]

Many scholars believe that the name of Tiberinus was derived
from the river, instead of the other way around. The same root is
thought to be the origin of the Latin praenomenTiberius, and its Etruscan cognate,
Thefarie, and it may be noted that Tiberinus
appears to be derived from Tiberius, which may have been
the original form of the name. Philologist George Davis Chase
believed that the same root might be found in the names of the city
of Tibur, the
Umbrian town of Tifernum, and the Samnite river Tifernus.[4]